On arriving back at work after the summer holidays I was asked by the NFR editorial team to write an overview of the year ahead, focusing

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2016 was "post truth politics". Not strictly a word but, in the same vein, this year

Thanks to our world class land-based industries Hawke's Bay is a prosperous place. Why will it not remain so? But those industries

Summer - with its lower flows and generally better weather - is when farmers often carry out works in and around waterways. These

The prolonged summer dry should have us all into summer management mode. There are three things that should be well under way. 1

I'm not sure how many people actually still make New Year's resolutions. I'm good at remembering that something I've done was a New

Parts of New Zealand are currently on fire, under water, or dealing with drought or earthquakes. We live in a group of seismically

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

In a world of urban/rural "he said-she said" could Fonterra actually be winning the PR battle for farmers?

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

The topic on the tip of everyone's tongues is the current lack of water in Hawke's Bay, and farming through this is difficult and

As life-stylers, small farm operators and horse owners, we need to acknowledge the responsibilities we owe to the welfare of the animals

Like all the young lads I went to boarding school with back in mid-seventies, the thing I looked forward to most on my 15th birthday

There is something about what is arguably the world's most physically demanding job that gets under your skin and never quite goes away writes Wayne Perkins.

I don't know if it's just me, but I seem to suffer from an overactive conscience. It kicks in when I'm going along, minding my own

The Otago Regional Council seems likely to spend up to $50,000 in unbudgeted funding to co-ordinate the release of a Korean strain

Recent events have tended to back the theory that the difference between an average farmer and a top farmer is one week. Let me explain:

Dom George doesn't trust anyone who doesn't love cricket...

With a soil moisture curve climbing almost vertically, and no significant rain forecast for the rest of the month, Friday's declaration

Calling Sherlock Holmes. The Case of the Stolen Shed needs you: a pilfered building, claims of secret emails, alleged skulduggery

It seems like a day doesn't go by without more news reinforcing the dire state of our water. With the Government inquiry into the

If the uncertainty around Brexit last year wasn't enough, we now enter the unknown with United States President Trump now carrying

Nearing the end of one of our biggest seasons to date, we can reflect on a season that was both challenging and exciting at the same

Since becoming your representative on the Northland Regional Council last October I have been on a mission to understand the vast

The reaction of many Northlanders to the news that our region is to be promoted in Melbourne to attract tourists here was no doubt

Whether you're the President of the United States or a rodeo king - Twitter is a dark and dangerous place writes Dominic George

Discussion around the state of water quality in New Zealand is not short of an opinion or two. Yet when it comes to the science, we

It's back to school this week for my three children and around the country 765,000 students are returning to the classroom. This

It didn't take an Einstein to get who Bill English was really talking about at his Chinese New Year dinner speech, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

We are only a few weeks into 2017 but already it seems the phrase of the year might very well be the "F" one. Fake news. The phrase